Stories from Wednesday, October 19, 2005

The Mountain Home School District has notified its employees that its employee database may have been compromised and that they should be aware of potential identity theft problems. The school district is not sure at this point if anyone has actually hacked into it's secure files, Supt. Tim McMurtrey said. "We don't know if we were hacked, or someone was dumpster diving, or if it (the problem) comes from somewhere else, outside our system, but we are concerned."...

After working on revisions to the ordinance for confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) for the past six months, the Board of Elmore County Commissioners were ready to present it to the public and hear their comments during a public hearing Oct. 13...

City, state and company officials announced Monday that Marathon Cheese, one of the nation's largest cheese packaging companies, will expand its operations by building a $27 million facility in Mountain Home. The new manufacturing plant, to be located on 40 acres of land just west of Optimist Park, will hire approximately 250 people initially, rising to an anticipated 500 employees within 5 years, paying basic salaries in the $10-$15 range, plus a full benefit package that includes health insurance, life insurance and a retirement plan.. ...

Joshua Wayne Wilson and Kymberly Michelle Douglas exchanged wedding vows in a ceremony at the home of the groom's parents on Aug. 17, 2005. In attendance at the event were the mother of the bride, Linda Douglas of Mountain Home, and grandparents Fred and Betty Nash of Winnemucca, Nev., formerly of Mountain Home, and parents of the groom, Warren and Patricia Todd of Mountain Home, and grandparents Alan and Linda Todd of Arlington, Texas, along with family and friends...

Paul Ray Shell, 61, of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, at a Boise hospital. Per his request no funeral service will be held. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home.

Clara Mae Shipley, 74, formerly of Mountain Home, died Oct. 14, 2005 in Kirkland, Wash. She was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on July 12, 1931, graduating from Rule High School in 1951. Clara was a manager in food services, having worked for Northwest College, Kirkland, Wash., for 11 years as an assistant at the college cafeteria, retiring in 1991...

Harvey Jantz, 71, a former resident of Grand View and Mountain Home, died Sept. 15, 2005, in Bethel Nome, Kan., where he had been living for the past six months. Harvey was born to Daniel and Adel Gunda Yost Jantz on July 7, 1934, at Copeland, Kan. He spent his early childhood in the Dust Bowl years at Copeland and received several years of grammar school education. In August, 1947, he moved with his parents and family to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where he received the rest of his basic education...

Donald Joseph Labbee, 88, formerly of Mountain Home, died peacefully at his home in Riverside, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2005. Don was born on May 27, 1917, in Mountain Home, the second son to parents Joseph and Ida Rohrer Labbee. Don enjoyed a "highly adventurous childhood" here, and graduated from Mountain Home High School in 1935...

Steven B. Wicka, 28, of Mountain Home, died Oct. 14, 2005, at home with his family by his side. Services will be held on Thursday, Oct. 20, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Services are under the directions of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home...

Anna Mae Barbi, 91, of Mountain Home, died Oct. 16, 2005. Services will be held Thursday, Oct. 20, at St. James Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Services are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. She was born Sept. 28, 1914, in Auxier, Kent. During the depression her family moved to Paintsville, Kent. She graduated from high school in 1930 in Louisa, Kent...

Bill L. Pruett, 69, of Glenns Ferry, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, at a Caldwell hospital. Funeral service were held Saturday, Oct. 15, at Rost Home McMurtrey Chapel, Mountain Home. Burial followed at Glenns Rest Cemetery, Glenns Ferry, Idaho. Arrangements were under the direction of Rost Funeral Home...

The Mountain Home Tigers opened District III 4A Boys Soccer action Monday at Vallivue. The Tigers closed out their regular season schedule last week with losses to Skyview and Emmett. Skyview Hawks 5 Mountain Home 0 The Tigers were shut out at Skyview last Monday by the Hawks in SIC 4A conference soccer. The loss dropped the Tigers to 1-8-2 in conference play, and 6-9-2, overall...

The Mountain Home Tigers hosted 15 teams at the Mountain Home Invitational cross country meet at Desert Canyon Golf Course last Thursday. The Tigers finished 11th in the boys competition, and were also 11th in the girls competition. Brandon Sloan led the Tiger boys, running a 17:40 to come in ninth...

After a much needed week off, the Mountain Home Tigers return to SIC 4A conference football action Friday night at Kuna. Mountain Home Tiger head football coach Brian Floyd hopes to have Tyson Sessions back this week from a dislocated elbow injury that he suffered in the Emmett game...

The volleyball season began in earnest Monday when the Mountain Home Lady Tigers opened District III 4A Volleyball Tournament play at Skyview. The Lady Tigers closed out their regular season schedule last week with losses on the road at Bishop Kelly and Nampa...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers soccer team completed their regular season conference schedule without a loss, with wins over Skyview and Emmett last week, and in doing so won the SIC 4A conference championship. That also gave them the number one seed going into the District III 4A Girls Soccer Tournament in Caldwell...